A Survey on Relationship Between the Public Schools and the Municipal Boards of Education in School Curriculum Administration

我们收集了1993年市教育委员会制定的443项学校管理条例，并分析了有关学校课程的规定的内容。然后，在1994年7月至8月期间，向443名校长和1283名小学和初中校长邮寄了一份问卷。对这些调查所得数据的分析得出以下结论。(1)市教育局与学校在学校课程管理中的真正关系并不取决于学校课程规定的内容（普及程度）。(2)市教育局的课程管理受市人口规模、市教育局成员的“lay - control”能力、市教育局局长对学校教育的专业等因素的影响。(3)学校校内课程的组成和运作独立于市教育局的课程管理。

We collected 443 regulations on school management ("Gakkou-Kanri-Kisoku") enacted by teh boards of education at the municipal level in 1993, and analyzed the content of provisions respecting the school curriculum. Then, a questionaire was mailed to 443 superintendents and 1,283 principals of elementary and lower secondary schools in the period of July through August, 1994. Analysis of the data obtained by these surveys gives the following findings.(1) The real relation between the municipal school boards and schools in school curriculum administration is not depend on the content (puculiarity) of provisions respecting school curriculum.(2) The school curriculum administration of school boards at the municipal level is influenced by the population size of the municipality, "lay control" ability of school board members, the superintendent specialty about school education, and so forth.(3) The composition and operation of curriculums in school sites is independently of the school curriculum administration of school boards at the municipal level.